Incoming physician assistant students participate in first-ever virtual...
Thirty physician assistant students from Penn State College of Medicine’s Class of 2022 gathered online this week for team-building exercises as part of their first-ever virtual orientation. At the end...
View ArticleHershey campus marks Memorial Day with Missing Man table, virtual observance
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center installed a Missing Man table in the Rotunda Café in honor of Memorial Day. Also known as a fallen comrade table, similar memorials appear in U.S....
View ArticleChildren’s Hospital expansion on track for Fall 2020 completion
While Penn State Health gradually resumes many of its operations after nearly two months of restrictions, the progress of Penn State Children’s Hospital expansion project barely missed a beat during...
View ArticleBrechbill to retire July 31
After nearly 14 years of service through an extended period of transformation for Penn State Health, Alan Brechbill, executive vice president of hospital operations, has announced plans to retire...
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Farmers Market at Hershey reopens with safety measures in place
The Farmers Market at Hershey, located at the Cocoa Beanery off Bullfrog Valley Road, reopened May 21 under the guidelines for businesses recommended by Pennsylvania to prevent the spread of COVID-19....
View ArticleIRS, Department of Labor extend certain employee benefit deadlines due to...
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) have released an update granting a few temporary benefit extensions due to COVID-19 for: Qualifying life events ― Employees will...
View ArticleThe Medical Minute: When working from home equals lack of sleep
For more than half of American workers, home and work now are one and the same. And while the stay-at-home orders that created millions of work-from-home jobs overnight reduced the potential spread of...
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Commission for Women seeks nominations for officers
Penn State Commission for Women in Hershey is holding a call for nominations for chair-elect positions for several standing committees and positions. Those who serve in a chair-elect role in CFW can...
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Remdesivir trial at Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center shows...
Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center has enrolled its first patients in the continuation of a clinical trial using the investigational antiviral drug remdesivir for treatment of COVID-19....
View ArticleChildren’s Miracle Network receives national honors
CMN Hospitals has announced that Children’s Miracle Network (CMN) at Penn State Children’s Hospital has won two national fundraising awards for 2019. CMN Hershey received the highest fundraising award...
View ArticlePenn State Health experts share insights on how to manage mental health...
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, but the spotlight turned to mental health much earlier this spring as experts from the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health at Penn State College of...
View ArticleBlack, Massini: Reemergence to be “thoughtful and gradual”
Penn State Health CEO Steve Massini and Dr. Kevin Black, interim dean of Penn State College of Medicine, sent the following email to staff, faculty and students across the health system and College on...
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Penn State Human Research Protection Program awarded reaccreditation
The Human Research Protection Program at Penn State has once again been awarded full accreditation from the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs Inc. AAHRPP...
View ArticleRevised clinical research standards for College of Medicine, Penn State...
New guidance for clinical research at Penn State Health and Penn State College of Medicine takes effect June 1 as work on the campus in Hershey moves to the next phase. There are two sets of phases for...
View ArticlePenn State Health 2020 performance appraisals begin June 1
Penn State Health employees and managers will complete self-appraisals, other rater appraisals and manager appraisals in Pulse/Lawson myHR beginning June 1.This annual performance appraisal process is...
View ArticleZagster ends its bike share program on Hershey campus
Citing financial difficulties, Zagster, the bike share provider that has served the Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center campus since April 2017, informed Penn State Health this week that...
View ArticleSecret Service warns of unemployment fraud and scams
Across the U.S., the Secret Service has received multiple reports of scammers applying for and receiving unemployment benefits, using the Social Security numbers and personally identifiable information...
View ArticleEmployees, dependents can take advantage of Penn State Health Dermatology...
Penn State Health employees and dependents who battle skin conditions can access telehealth visits with the experts at Penn State Health Dermatology using the Penn State Health OnDemand app. The app...
View ArticlePennsylvania adolescents and young adults less likely to receive care at...
Pennsylvania adolescents and young adults are less likely to receive cancer treatment at a specialized treatment center than pediatric patients, according to a team of Penn State and Penn State Cancer...
View ArticleFamily/support persons are now permitted to accompany patients during their care
Penn State Health has revised its patient visitation guideline to meet the emotional and spiritual needs of patients, while also continuing to protect staff, patients and visitors. Now, designated...
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